Ramón Jiménez López

Ramón Jiménez López
Ramón Jiménez López
Born (1951-11-19) 19 November 1951
Mexico City, Mexico
OccupationsLawyer and politician
Political partyPPS, PRD, Morena

Ramón Jiménez López[a] (born 19 November 1951) is a Mexican politician. Previously affiliated with the Popular Socialist Party (PPS) and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD),[1] he is currently aligned with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[2]

On the international stage, he has been the director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea since at least 2017.[3][4]

Political career

From 2009 to 2012 he served as a federal deputy in the 61st Congress, representing the Federal District's first district for the PRD.[1]

In 2015 he contended the election for mayor of the Mexico City borough of Gustavo A. Madero for Morena but lost to Víctor Hugo Lobo of a PRD-led coalition.[5][2]

In December 2018, Head of Government Claudia Sheinbaum appointed Jiménez López the director of the Mexico City Passenger Transport Network (RTP),[6] and, following his 2019 appointment by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, he is the general director of the Tecnológico Nacional de México public university system.[7]

Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism

Main article: Ideology of the Workers' Party of Korea

Jiménez López founded the Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism[b] in 2004 – a reference to the Juche philosophy of the North Korean regime – and, as the director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea, received the International Kim Il Sung Prize in 2018.[9][10][11]

In a 2013 interview with Letras Libres magazine, Jiménez López described the Juche idea as "extraordinary", expressed his admiration for its "monolithic unity" between the leader, the party, and the people, and said he would very much like to live in North Korea.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is López.
  2. ^ Comité Mexicano de Estudios del Kimilsunismo; renamed the Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism in August 2012.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Perfil: Dip. Ramón Jiménez López, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Morena gana la Delegación Gustavo A. Madero". Regeneración. 9 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Kim Yong Nam Meets Heads of Delegations and Delegates of Juche Idea Study Groups". Explore DPRK. 15 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Latin American Regional Seminar Held in Mexico City ―On Subject of "Independence, World Peace and Social Justice"". lnternational Institute of the Juche Idea. 10 July 2025.
  5. ^ Torres, Rubén (10 June 2015). "IEDF le da la victoria al PRD en GAM". El Economista.
  6. ^ "Nombran a Ramón Jiménez López director de RTP de la Ciudad de México". Government of Mexico City. 5 December 2018.
  7. ^ Toche, Nelly (14 July 2022). "SEP confirma a Ramón Jiménez López como nuevo director del Tecnológico Nacional". El Economista.
  8. ^ "Mexican Committee for Study of Kimilsungism Renamed". Korean Central News Agency. 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  9. ^ a b Ramírez, Cynthia (3 April 2013). "Juchismo a la mexicana". Letras Libres.
  10. ^ Toche, Nelly (11 July 2022). "Inconformidad ante el posible nombramiento de nuevo director de tecnológicos". El Economista.
  11. ^ "Ceremonia de entrega del Premio Internacional Kim Il Sung". International Institute of the Juche Idea. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
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